Waterfalls around Big Rock Ridge

The Big Rock Ridge / Marinwood area - 6 preserves from Lucas Valley east to route 101. Bored Feet sells a decent maps of this area from Tom Harrison and from Pease Press (northeast Marin county) which show maybe half the trails in the area.

Pacheco Valle Preserve
Pacheco Creek

• lower falls at (38.04930, -122.55696):
  Name: Lower Pacheco Valle Falls
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Photos on other sites:
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/7888710@N04/6983585861/in/set-72157624454553084
  Videos:
  
  Secret Waterfalls of Marin volume 1 mentions a 150 foot waterfall on a side creek near here, but I've seen nothing that fits that description.
  Beauty: 6.5
  Duration: 60 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 27 feet give or take 4 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
  Terrain: unofficial trail, some difficulties
  For more info, see Secret Waterfalls of Marin volume 1
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.18
• waterfall at (38.04928, -122.55713):
  Name: Pacheco Valle Falls
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  upper half:
  
  Videos:
  
  I can only see one half of this waterfall at a time, so it doesn't look like 90 feet
  Beauty: 7
  Duration: 60 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 90 feet give or take 12 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
  Number of drops 2
  Terrain: unofficial trail, some difficulties
  For more info, see Secret Waterfalls of Marin volume 1
  id: bigrock.19
Little Pacheco Creek

• waterfall at (38.05099, -122.55620):
  taken 2019-02-04:
  
  Videos:
  
  
  Beauty: 5.5
  Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 15 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
  Terrain: unofficial trail, some difficulties
  For more info, see Secret Waterfalls of Marin volume 2
  route: From the end of Pacheco Creek Drive, follow the trail along the main creek a short way, take a right where the creek forks, and stay left along that smaller creek for a few hundred yards
  Last visited 2019-02-04
  id: bigrock.21
Unnamed creek small side creek on north side of Little Pacheco Creek

• waterfall at (38.05121, -122.55662):
  taken 2019-02-04:
  
  Beauty: 3
  Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 20 feet
  Terrain: vague hints of a trail
  Last visited 2019-02-04
  id: bigrock.22
Little Pacheco Creek

• waterfall at (38.05103, -122.55760):
  taken 2019-02-04:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5.5
  Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 31 feet (broadly defined)
  Height 10 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
  Number of drops 1
  Terrain: vague hints of a trail
  route: From the end of Pacheco Creek Drive, follow the trail along the main creek a short way, take a right where the creek forks, and stay left along that smaller creek for 0.2 miles
  Last visited 2019-02-04
  id: bigrock.23
• waterfall at (38.05153, -122.55837):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5
  Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 10 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
  Terrain: vague hints of a trail
  route: From the end of Pacheco Creek Drive, follow the trail along the main creek a short way, take a right where the creek forks, and stay left along that smaller creek for 0.25 miles
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.24
• waterfall at (38.05193, -122.55868):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5.5
  Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 66 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 10 feet
  Terrain: vague hints of a trail
  route: From the end of Pacheco Creek Drive, follow the trail along the main creek a short way, take a right where the creek forks, and stay left along that smaller creek for 0.3 miles
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.25
• waterfall at (38.051941, -122.558893):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5
  Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 44 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
  Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.26
Unnamed creek The northernmost fork of Pacheco Creek (of those upstream from the paved road)

• waterfall at (38.052486, -122.554594):
  taken 2019-02-04:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5.5
  Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 13 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
  Terrain: woods, little or no trail
  route: From the end of Pacheco Creek Drive, follow the trail along the main creek a short way, take a right where the creek forks, and stay right at the next fork.
  Last visited 2019-02-04
  id: bigrock.27
Unnamed creek just east of Little Cat Fire Rd

• waterfall at (38.053218, -122.546578):
  taken 2016-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5.5
  Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 34 feet (broadly defined)
  Height 14 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
  Terrain: vague hints of a trail
  Last visited 2016-01-17
  id: bigrock.144
Unnamed creek flowing south into the upper part of Little Pacheco Creek

• waterfall at (38.052123, -122.558238):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5.5
  Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 24 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 7 feet
  Terrain: woods, little or no trail
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.178
• waterfall at (38.052864, -122.558465):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Videos:
  
  Beauty: 3
  Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 9 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
  Terrain: woods, little or no trail
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.179
Unnamed creek The northernmost fork of Pacheco Creek (of those upstream from the paved road)

• waterfall at (38.053450, -122.555391):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 6
  Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 9 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 9 feet
  Terrain: woods, little or no trail
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.181
• waterfall at (38.053429, -122.555512):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 5.5
  Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 15 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
  Terrain: woods, little or no trail
  Last visited 2019-01-17
  id: bigrock.182
Unnamed creek flowing southeast

• waterfall at (38.052230, -122.555055):
  taken 2019-02-04:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 4
  Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 8 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
  Terrain: woods, little or no trail
  Last visited 2019-02-04
  id: bigrock.183
• waterfall at (38.052415, -122.554958):
  taken 2019-01-17:
  
  Video:
  
  Beauty: 4
  Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
  Height 12 feet
  Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
  Terrain: woods, little or no trail
  Last visited 2019-02-04
  id: bigrock.184
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